In a district where 85% of students are economically disadvantaged, the self-serve food pantries can help ease food insecurity.
Community First Health Plans is funding the installation of 14 food pantries, like this one outside of Gilbert Elementary, across the Harlandale Independent School District.Soon, every campus within the Harlandale Independent School District will have a mini food pantry, thanks to an investment by Community First Health Plans.
“If you have good nutrition, if you have food, you’re going to be healthier. As we started thinking about what we could contribute as a health plan to our community, the idea of a food pantry was developed,” said Theresa Scepanski, president and CEO of Community First Health Plans and a Harlandale ISD alum.
At the ceremony, two students filled the pantry with its first items, donated by Community First. After that, said Brian Jaklich, social work coordinator for the school district, the school and community will come up with creative ways to keep food coming in, such as canned food drives. Campus social workers will also keep up with the pantry and create ways for volunteers to donate items.
“It’s an initiative called Gilbert Gives Back… It’s our mantra for ensuring a positive, educational experience, by putting our Gilbert school and our community first,” said Wing. “It’s a poor area, a low income area — very hardworking families though… There’s a lot of high needs as far as economics,” he said, adding that out of 1,025 school districts in Texas, Harlandale ISD ranks 21st from the bottom in property wealth.
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